![]() ![]() ![]() PLOT: I've already discussed the differences between the plot structure when talking about Korra, so now I'll go over them in more detail. Each category is worth one point, and the show with the most points that the end is the one I consider the better show. I'll be breaking up the comparison between the two shows into seven categories: plot, action, romance, villains, side characters, Team Avatar, and protagonist. It's still a fun and engaging show that moves the Avatar franchise in a new direction while maintaining the traits that made it great in the first place. The visuals have only gotten better since A:TLA, making action sequences all that much more intense and the setting all that much more beautiful. They're still a lot of fun to watch, and the show doesn't become so serious as to become boring. With all of that said, LoK still has strong characters that are thoroughly analyzed. This works well for LoK, because the real focus is on the story rather than the characters, making the villains' intents more important than they were in the more laid back A:TLA. This makes the villains more sympathetic and gives the good guys more reason to doubt their own cause, creating more drama in the story. For example, the Equalists want to make non-benders equal to benders, and so they decide that the best way of doing that is by getting rid of bending. In Korra, the bad guys had, for the most part, reasonable complaints about the world and just ended up choosing the wrong way of fixing their problems. This kind of evil does occur in the real world (the Holocaust, for example), but it's not terribly justifiable. In Avatar, the bad guys were pretty obviously bad, just wanting to take over the world because they were a bunch of jerks. There's also a distinct shift in focus on the kind of opposition the characters face. The show also takes advantage of the time skip between the series while Avatar felt primarily like it was set in the distant past, with a few bizarrely modern machines spread about, Korra takes place in a world similar to the early 20th century, with cars, skyscrapers, and other modern day technology and designs, all while still holding onto those traditional Asian themes. it's one of my favorite shows and it probably will continue to be long into the future. ![]() Avatar is fun, it's creative, the characters are wonderful, the lore is fantastic. The show looks and sounds fantastic, with the movements for bending being based on actual martial arts and the elements moving just like you'd think they would. All the characters were complex and interesting, and watching them interact with one another was an absolute joy. I can only think of one or two episodes that really felt unnecessary or out of place. The episodic nature of the show makes the journey feel lengthy in a good way, like the characters are on this grand adventure, all while progressing an overarching plot that, while fairly straight forward, provides the necessary obstacles to see these characters at their worst and best. The traditional Asian themes of the setting mixed with extensive and engaging mythology gave the show an aura of legend. I had never seen a cartoon, especially a Nickelodeon cartoon, with so much depth and complexity put into its story and world before. QUICK REVIEW: When Avatar came out, I was amazed. A hundred years pass, and two members of the Southern Water Tribe discover a young boy in an iceberg who can airbend, making him the last airbender and, as luck would have it, the Avatar. ![]()
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